Stories of Roman women will be brought to life at Buxton Fringe when award-winning playwright James Beagon debuts Women of the Mourning Fields.
Beagon, whose play First Class won best new writing at Buxton Fringe in 2014, has come up with a “tale of intrigue, desire and ambition”.
Aulos Productions presents Women of the Mourning Fields which “explores the heartfelt stories of three women related to Emperor Nero previously caricatured by history: his wife Octavia, mother Agrippina and lover Poppaea”.
For writer and director James Beagon (23), Women of the Mourning Fields is a chance to make these women’s stories relevant to modern audiences by giving them a fresh voice.
Previously, histories of Nero had portrayed these women only as peripheral and deployed them as plot devices. As a result, the show offers its audience “an entirely new perspective on not just the women but also Nero’s life and character”.
Women of the Mourning Fields will be staged at the Pauper’s Pit in Underground Venues on Monday 13 July at 4:15PM, Wednesday 15 July at 5:30PM and Thursday 16 July at 7PM before heading to Edinburgh.